Detection of subsurface permafrost features with ground‐penetrating radar, Barrow, Alaska

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Hinkel, K. M., Doolittle, J. A., Bockheim, J. G., Nelson, F. E., Paetzold, R., Kimble, J. M., Travis, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: La Table; Active layer monitoring; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; wedge*; Alaska; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.369; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.369; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.369

Abstract A ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) survey was conducted in May 1999 on the 1 km 2 Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid 5 km east of Barrow, Alaska. Spatially continuous measurements were collected along established transects while the active layer remained frozen. The primary objec...